Minsa vaccinates house by house in a human settlement of El Agustino where a fourth case of Delta Plus variant was detected | nndc | LIME

▶ ️From El Agustino the #Minsa has been carrying out an epidemiological fence in the AA.HH. María Herrera Acosta, before the appearance of a case of the delta plus variant of the #COVID19. #Let’s not lower the guard ???????? pic.twitter.com/rYOJIxd87L

– Ministry of Health (@Minsa_Peru) October 3, 2021

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Another four health brigades remain at the Marcelino Caipo stadium, in order to attend to people who want to receive the vaccine or undergo molecular tests.

“The brigades are coming house to house looking for people who have symptoms or who have been in contact with COVID-19 to carry out molecular tests. And people 18 years of age and older get the COVID-19 vaccine to avoid serious forms of this disease”, He explained.

Regarding the fourth case of the Delta Plus variant, he pointed out that It is about a 26-year-old young man, who received a dose of the vaccine, and who is at home recovering from the infection.

Delta Plus in Peru

On September 25, the Ministry of Health confirmed the first three cases of the Delta Plus variant, which is more transmissible because it has 20% more mutations than the original variant (Delta).

According to the infectious disease doctor of the Minsa, Cesar Munayco, the Delta Plus is a sub-lineage of the Delta variant. “The only difference between the two, compared to the other variants, is that they have an incubation period much shorter, which makes people show symptoms earlier “, detailed.

Predominant variant

The National Institute of Health (INS) updated the figures for the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 in Peru and confirmed a total of 721 cases in different regions, since it was first detected in the country.

Genomic surveillance carried out in the last epidemiological week indicates that it is the predominant one in Peru with 65.9% of registered cases.

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